Live Pictures From Inside Your Stomach

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Live Pictures From Inside Your Stomach

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 12, 2012 @08:04AM from the coming-soon-to-slashdot-tv dept.

Dupple writes "Our own stomachs may be something of a dark mystery to most of us, but new research is revealing the surprising ways in which our guts exert control over our mood and appetite. Not many of us get the chance to watch our own stomach's digestion in action. But along with an audience at London's Science Museum, I recently watched live pictures from my own stomach as the porridge I had eaten for breakfast was churned, broken up, exposed to acid and then pushed out into my small intestine as a creamy mush called chyme."

40 comments

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Stohach acid by illumastorm · 2012-07-12 08:07 · Score: 0

Instead of hydrochloric acid my stomach contains Mountain Dew.
1. Re:Stohach acid by JWW · 2012-07-12 08:47 · Score: 1
  
  Aren't you being redundant?
2. Re:Stohach acid by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 09:05 · Score: 0
  
  Don't forget the Cheetos and Slim Jims. You gotta have some carbs and protein for those long gaming runs.
  Fun fact: with a blender you can create a slurry that provides all the nutrients you need to sit on your ass for hours and hours.
3. Re:Stohach acid by geekoid · 2012-07-12 09:08 · Score: 1
  
  Mountain Dew also has caffeine. heh
  
  --
  The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
4. Re:Stohach acid by Nirvelli · 2012-07-12 09:16 · Score: 1
  
  Not in Canada.
5. Re:Stohach acid by JustOK · 2012-07-12 09:21 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, in Canada*
  *While supplies last. Mountain Dew and Diet Mountain Dew new recipes contain caffeine. See package label for full nutrition information.
  
  --
  rewriting history since 2109
6. Re:Stohach acid by Nirvelli · 2012-07-12 09:30 · Score: 1
  
  When did this happen?! This is great news!
7. Re:Stohach acid by cusco · 2012-07-12 10:33 · Score: 1
  
  Or perhaps that should read "lack of nutrition" information...
  
  --
  "Think about how stupid the average person is. Now, realise that half of them are dumber than that." - George Carlin
8. Re:Stohach acid by treeves · 2012-07-12 12:56 · Score: 1
  
  So hydrochloric AND phosphoric acids, then? Oh, and don't forget brominated vegetable oil. Gotta love that stuff.
  
  --
  ...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.
And then what happened? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 08:20 · Score: 1

What a cliffhanger. When will we get to see the end of the journey?
1. Re:And then what happened? by chinton · 2012-07-12 08:27 · Score: 1
  
  See the exciting conclusion at ratemypoo.eu. Perhaps Dupple is the infamous tubgirl....
2. Re:And then what happened? by Dupple · 2012-07-12 09:10 · Score: 1
  
  Nope! Just a skinny bloke in the UK that's just about to watch the programme on BBC iPlayer
  
  --
  Watch those corners
3. Re:And then what happened? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 09:11 · Score: 1
  
  Dupple didn't write that. Michael Mosley did. Slashdot blurbs are almost 100% plagiarized now.
A better summary by DL117 · 2012-07-12 08:21 · Score: 4, Informative

Capsule Endoscopy: It exists!
1. Re:A better summary by zlives · 2012-07-12 08:24 · Score: 1
  
  its not much to look at... unless you have to...
2. Re:A better summary by SimonTheSoundMan · 2012-07-12 08:49 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  This one looks more fun to watch: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vrkv9
3. Re:A better summary by Megane · 2012-07-12 08:51 · Score: 1
  
  A true nerdy geek would wait for the capsule to go all the way through and "rescue" it... for SCIENCE!
  
  --
  #naabhaprzrag, #sverubfr-000, #agi-fcbafberq, negvpyr[pynff*=' negvpyr-ary-'] { qvfcynl: abar !vzcbegnag; }
4. Re:A better summary by geekoid · 2012-07-12 09:10 · Score: 1
  
  no. A geek would take pictures and show people make wild statements he assumes is science.
  A nerd would go through his poo, retrieve and do a detail write up with before and after pictures. The giver sold engineering idea for improvement... then talk about it over dinner with their kids.
  
  --
  The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
5. Re:A better summary by flimflammer · 2012-07-12 11:08 · Score: 1
  
  Are non UK citizens allowed to watch? I get "Media selection request failed".
6. Re:A better summary by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-13 06:28 · Score: 0
  
  that's standard geekoid writing 'style'.
SpongeBob.... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 08:22 · Score: 0

Didn't SpongeBob already do this in "Squidtastic Voyage"? (Sorry)
So, porridge... to a creamy mush? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 08:24 · Score: 0

Way to give your stomach a challenge there.
About 20 years ago, I had arthroscopic knee surgery, and after surgery, I got to see a video tape of the inside of my knee. I was a big fan, and asked for a copy, but my mom said no.
1. Re:So, porridge... to a creamy mush? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 09:19 · Score: 0
  
  Had gallbladder removal surgery done - asked for a video of the procedure for my high school anatomy class (was friends with the teacher), but the doctor said it was against policy. Gave me nice snap-shots I couldn't give her though since it had my name on them and no way to really mask them off.
2. Re:So, porridge... to a creamy mush? by shentino · 2012-07-12 17:24 · Score: 1
  
  They're probably afraid of being sued.
This is obscene! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 08:27 · Score: 0

It all looks like a never ending sphincter!
1. Re:This is obscene! by denis-The-menace · 2012-07-12 09:32 · Score: 1
  
  Cue Dr. Who theme song and the intro when Tom Baker was Dr. Who.
  
  --
  Obama's legacy: (N)othing (S)ecure (A)nywhere and (T)error (S)imulation (A)dministration
Porridge is all well and good by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 08:27 · Score: 5, Funny

But I'd rather watch something more upscale be digested. Come now, there's no chyme like the pheasant.
The Muzzies are coming! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 08:27 · Score: 0

The Muzzies are coming!
The Muzzies are coming!
Everyone keep calm
They're violent and they're evil
And they mean to do us harm
Cultural problem by gmuslera · 2012-07-12 08:29 · Score: 1

How many today would like to see how that tasty dessert they just took turns into poo? Informative, interesting, amazing, maybe, but for a lot would be qualified as gross.
1. Re:Cultural problem by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 09:20 · Score: 0
  
  How many cultures require you to click on links?
2. Re:Cultural problem by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-12 10:08 · Score: 0
  
  Not cultural. We have a built-in aversion to shit for a reason: It’s full of germs that should not go into our mouth, and hence not be touched.
  It's a sanitary thing.
3. Re:Cultural problem by bill_mcgonigle · 2012-07-13 12:01 · Score: 1
  
  Informative, interesting, amazing, maybe, but for a lot would be qualified as gross.
  BBC gave me a 'may contain upsetting material' warning. Perhaps it was just a play on 'stomach', but I'd much prefer to think the warning was appropriate for the evening news.
  Tonight: Murders, rapes, robberies, and --- warning --- the inside of your body.
  
  --
  My God, it's Full of Source!
  OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
If you have to see your stomach at work, by idontgno · 2012-07-12 08:55 · Score: 1

an endoscopic camera capsule is probably easier to stomach than implanting a cannula.
obSlashdotMicrosoftHate: It's certainly better than having to have Windows installed.

--
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
Pill camera teardown video by mikeselectricstuff · 2012-07-12 09:39 · Score: 2

For those interested in the insides of the camera, a while ago I 'recovered' one and did This teardown video
1. Re:Pill camera teardown video by GameboyRMH · 2012-07-12 11:20 · Score: 1
  
  Huh surprisingly simple.
  I was also looking at the artificial horizon teardown, wouldn't the pitch indicator jam if the plane did a loop-de-loop? I guess the "fast erection" button would reset it.
  
  --
  "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
2. Re:Pill camera teardown video by slimjim8094 · 2012-07-12 13:43 · Score: 2
  
  You're talking about something called gimbal lock, and yes that is generally the concern.
  
  --
  I have developed a truly marvelous proof of this comment, which this signature is too narrow to contain.
Where ... by Evil+Pete · 2012-07-12 16:58 · Score: 2

... Fantastic Voyage feared to go. Don't tell me how it ends, I've heard it's crap.

--
Bitter and proud of it.
Media selection request failed by zapyon · 2012-07-13 00:25 · Score: 1

Well, I get the same message while sitting in DE, may be "outsiders" are not allowed to watch.

--
I like my spaghetti with source.